Identity Theft Warning for Some IowansArticle from WOI: by Alex Schuman aschuman@myabc5.com A suspicious fire took out a government office in Indianola. The Department of Human Services building’s since been torn down.  But sometime in between the fire and the demolition, neighbors accidentally got a peak at some very sensitive information.   “I was just picking up trash, which [...]

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Lessons Learned: Identity theft 101Article from Lincoln Journal Star: This telemarketer knows much too much about you -– and your credit-card accounts. “Because you have good credit, we can lower your interest rate,” the caller says. If you stay on the line, he goes “phishing” for more personal information. If you’re willing to play his [...]

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Identity Theft: Grave Robbing for a Tax RefundArticle from BusinessWeek: Five-year-old Benny Watters died of a brain tumor in September 2010. Ten months later, his parents tried to e-file their 2010 tax return listing him as a dependent, only to have the IRS block it based on information that made the family sick: Someone else had [...]

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Police Blotter: Woman Reports ID Theft, Has $ 3000 Verizon BillArticle from Patch.com: For questions about this police blotter, please send an email to: anthony.leone@patch.com. INCIDENTS: Fraud at the 200 block of Oxford Road on 5/1 at 4:09 p.m. — Victim reported that an unknown person made multiple purchases using her credit card without her [...]

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Former KeyBank branch manager pleads guilty to fraud, identity theftArticle from OregonLive.com:A former bank branch manager in Springfield accused of trying to fake his own death pleaded guilty today to federal bank fraud, identity theft and intimidating a witness. Randy Arlan Mainwaring, 41, admitted Tuesday to U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan that he used the [...]

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Ex-sailor sentenced for ID theftArticle from Atlanta Journal Constitution: Print E-mail By Joel Provano The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A former Navy petty officer from Atlanta was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for stealing the identities of recruits to file fraudulent tax returns. Kevon Kerr, 36, will also serve 3 years of supervised release and [...]

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ID Theft: How Not to Become a VictimArticle from Patch.com: Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the country. Every 60 seconds 28 people become victims. That’s according to Dorothy Nese, the New York deputy assistant attorney general in the Nassau regional office. Nese recently gave a presentation on preventing identity theft, [...]

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Identity theft hits Eastlake woman and 1 in 20 AmericansArticle from News-Herald.com: By Jean BonchakJBonchak@News-Herald.com@JBonchak On the same day Alice Pettifer was dealing with grief from the death of her father she received a call from a creditor saying charges for nonpayment of a loan were being filed against her — a loan for which [...]

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Identity theft a relentless crime for many KansansArticle from Kansas.com: For years, a 52-year-old Wichita man had a fairly stable, simple life, working for the same employer, living in the same house. But in 2008, things got complicated. He discovered someone had stolen his identity and racked up almost $ 1 million in debts. His personal [...]

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Identity Theft Leads To False Tax ReturnsArticle from KMGH Denver: Related To Story Marc Stewart, 7News Reporter POSTED: 9:09 pm MDT May 4, 2012 UPDATED: 10:39 pm MDT May 4, 2012 DENVER -…………………continues on KMGH Denver >>> Read the full article from the source . Related News: Charges filed in theft of queen’s propertyArticle from [...]

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